The Columbus journal., 1887-11-16

The jury in the case of the State vs.
August Mentz, at Clay Center, for the
murder of Fred Dikeman, brought in q
verdict of guilty of murder in the second
degree.
In the supreme court at Lincoln re-
Gently, ID. NJ. Strong, Of Dodge county,
and W. A. McAllister, of Platte county,
attorneys at law, were admitted to prac-
tice in the supreme court of the state.
Emmett Haun, resident of the Hoop
er neighborhood northwest of Fremont,
stabbed himself five times in the neck
the other day. Physicians were called
and dressed his wounds, and he may
still live.
Superintendent VI. E. O'Brien, of the
state fish hatcheries at South Bend. was
at Fremont last week getting ready
with his black bass to distribute in the
Platte river from Fremont to South
Bend.
A prairie fire the other day destroyed
between $50 and 200 tons of hay on the
Little Nemaha river bottom near Tai
mage. The fire was started by sparks
from an engine. The timber on the
bank of the river was also damaged.
The dead body Of q young man was
found the other day close to hay stack
and near Guide Rock. From papers
found it was supposed to be that of j. j.
Irwin, of st. Joe, Mo. Sickness and ex-
posure is supposed to be the cause Of
his death.
J. P. Mallon's barn at North Bend, in
which he kept his imported and thorough
bred horses, twenty-eight in number, was
burned to the ground together with con-
siderable hay and grain. The stock was
in a corral adjoining the barn at the
time, and was rescued by some ladies'
who knocked some boards of the fence
and drove the horses out. His loss is re-
ported at $4,000.
Quite fire occurred at Omaha Satur-
day by the burning Of the city gas
works. The fire, it is believed, was
caused by gas leaking from the blower
into the generator where contact with
the super heated air caused an explosion.
In addition to the burning Of the gas
,,,o,l, m I>,o r<lir ~ bo,,,< vv,oo x,v,, ~Lo1
flooded until all the goods within were
and rendered useless. Two
men were badly injured but not fatally. |
The loss Of property is estimated at |
$500 It is believed to be covered by |
insurance.
Jessie Mills, q handsome and we'll |
reared girl, ran away from her home in
Ia, came to Omaha to lead !
a fast life. Her mother came over from
Iowa the other day and found her in a
house in Omaha. Her
mothers arguments and influence used
TO induce her to return home, failed to
favorable result. The last
report from the girl was that she had
been placed in Jail. Truly this is a sad
picture for loving mother to contem-
plate. And yet, and yet there are those
who think that bawdy houses are pro-
;ectiOn to good girls.
The meaning of the result OF Tues
lays election in Butler county is not
,ard to find. It is simply this: That
he intelligent voter will no longer en-
lorse bossism and corruption in local
,olitics; that he will have clean and hon
st men to take care of the countys
that mo boodler need apply"
The lesson cannot be too well taken to
leart by certain clique of county poll
icians, and the time to ponder the lesson
n all its bearings is now, while they are
ore from being sat down upon. Lot
lean politics, fair methods and clean
nen continue to get to the frontIDs-
i'd City Tribune.